diff --git a/test/helpers/integration_test_helper.py b/test/helpers/integration_test_helper.py
index 02f18ee..76ffcd8 100644
--- a/test/helpers/integration_test_helper.py
+++ b/test/helpers/integration_test_helper.py
@@ -45,11 +45,15 @@ class IntegrationTestHelper:
         }
 
     @classmethod
-    def execute_query_raw(cls, sql_api_url, query):
+    def execute_query_raw(cls, sql_api_url, query, method='GET'):
         requests.packages.urllib3.disable_warnings()
+        if method.upper() == 'GET':
         query_url = "{0}?q={1}".format(sql_api_url, query)
-        print("Executing query: {0}".format(query_url))
         query_response = requests.get(query_url)
+            print("Executing query GET: {0}".format(query_url))
+        else:
+            query_response = requests.post(sql_api_url, data={"q": query})
+            print("Executing query POST: {0}".format(sql_api_url))
         if query_response.status_code != 200:
             raise Exception(json.loads(query_response.text)['error'])
         return json.loads(query_response.text)
diff --git a/test/integration/test_street_functions.py b/test/integration/test_street_functions.py
index fd1b983..8ddbce6 100644
--- a/test/integration/test_street_functions.py
+++ b/test/integration/test_street_functions.py
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ class TestBulkStreetFunctions(TestStreetFunctionsSetUp):
                 "{}" \
                 "]''::jsonb) as (cartodb_id integer, address text)', " \
                 "'address', null, null, null, {})".format(','.join(streets), batch_size)
-        response = self._run_authenticated(query)
+        response = self._run_authenticated(query, method='POST')
         assert_equal(n, len(response['rows']))
         for row in response['rows']:
             assert_not_equal(row['st_x'], None)
@@ -413,12 +413,14 @@ class TestBulkStreetFunctions(TestStreetFunctionsSetUp):
         for r, e in zip(response['rows'], expected):
             self.assert_metadata(r['metadata'], e)
 
-    def _run_authenticated(self, query):
-        authenticated_query = "{}&api_key={}".format(query,
-                                                     self.env_variables[
-                                                         'api_key'])
-        return IntegrationTestHelper.execute_query_raw(self.sql_api_url,
-                                                       authenticated_query)
+    def _run_authenticated(self, query, method='GET'):
+        api_key = self.env_variables['api_key']
+        url = self.sql_api_url
+        auth_query = "{}&api_key={}".format(query, api_key)
+        if method.upper() != 'GET':
+            auth_query = query
+            url = "{}?api_key={}".format(self.sql_api_url, api_key)
+        return IntegrationTestHelper.execute_query_raw(url, auth_query, method)
 
     @staticmethod
     def _x_y_by_cartodb_id(response):